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Proclamations 2008 - 2009
Follow this link to Polluted Area proclamations. Polluted Area Proclamations are posted to the Website Mon-Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.. Any proclamations issued after those hours or on weekends will not be posted until the next business day.
MAPS: Most maps referenced in proclamations can be sent to you via FAX or mail. Contact SueAnn Bay 800-682-2632 or 252-726-7021. E-mailed proclamations: Click here sign up to have proclamations sent to you via e-mail.

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Proclamation Code Letters
FF
- Finfish proclamations that deal with commercial and recreational size and creel limits, seasons, areas, etc.
SH - Shrimp proclamations that open or close areas to shrimping and crab trawling, or require bycatch reduction devices
SF - Proclamations dealing with oysters and clams: hand and mechanical seasons, limits, areas, etc.
M - Miscellaneous proclamations that usually deal with gill nets, seines, and their mesh size, length, or area restrictions
RS - Research sanctuaries granted in some cases for one year for research purposes
SC - Proclamations dealing with bay or calico scallop harvest
PA - Proclamations that open and close areas to shellfishing depending on the amount of coliform bacteria present
Sunrise / Sunset Times January - June / July - December (Download PDF Version)
It is unlawful to use trawls from 9 p.m. on Fridays
through 5 p.m. on Sundays in any internal waters.
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M-2-2009
GILL NETS - ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA
M-1-2009
GILL NETS – ATLANTIC OCEAN
FF-1-2009
STRIPED BASS SEASON - BEACH SEINES: ATLANTIC OCEAN
--------------------------------------------- 2008 - December ---------------------------------------------
FF-86-2008
STRIPED BASS SEASON –GILL NETS : ATLANTIC OCEAN
SF-12-2008
2009 OYSTER RESTRICTIONS
M-26-2008
GILL NETS - ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA
FF-85-2008
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN
FF-84-2008
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN
FF-83-2008
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS –
ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA
FF-82-2008
STRIPED BASS RECREATIONAL SEASON - ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA
M-25-2008
GILL NETS-WESTERN PAMLICO SOUND AND RIVERS
FF-81-2008
AMERICAN SHAD and HICKORY SHAD
FF-80-2008
SCUP
FF-79-2008
RE: STRIPED BASS SEASON - BEACH SEINES: ATLANTIC OCEAN
RS-7-2008
RESEARCH SANCTUARY
RS-6-2008
RESEARCH SANCTUARY
--------------------------------------------- 2008 - November ---------------------------------------------
FF-78-2008
SCUP – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN
FF-77-2008
SPINY DOGFISH-COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS- ATLANTIC OCEAN-HARVEST PERIOD II
FF-76-2008
STRIPED BASS SEASON - BEACH SEINES: ATLANTIC OCEAN
M-24-2008
GILL NETS - ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA
SF-11-2008
2008/2009 MECHANICAL HARVEST OF CLAMS
SH-10-2008
2008 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING
SH-10-2008 Map
(PDF)
M-23-2008
ARTIFICIAL REEF COMMERCIAL FISHING EQUIPMENT
FF-75-2008
FLOUNDER-COMMERCIAL HARVEST INTERNAL COASTAL WATERS
FF-74-2008
RED DRUM-COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS
M-22-2008
GILL NETS - ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA
SF-10-2008
2008 OYSTER RESTRICTIONS
SF-10-2008 Maps (PDF)
FF-73-2008
STRIPED BASS SEASON – OCEAN TRAWL: ATLANTIC OCEAN
M-21-2008
GILL NETS - BOGUE BANKS
M-20-2008
MULLET - STOP NETS - ATLANTIC OCEAN – CARTERET COUNTY
M-19-2008 Map
PDF Map
M-19-2008
SMALL MESH GILL NET ATTENDANCE
FF-72-2008
STRIPED BASS PERMITS
--------------------------------------------- 2008 - October ---------------------------------------------
FF-71-2008
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN
FF-70-2008
BLACK SEA BASS – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN
SF-9-2008
2008 OYSTER RESTRICTIONS
FF-69-2008
FLOUNDER – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS – ATLANTIC OCEAN
SF-8-2008
SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREAS
SH-9-2008 (PDF Map) SH-9-2008
2008 SHRIMP AND CRAB TRAWLING
SF-7-2008
SHELLFISH MANAGEMENT AREA
SF-6-2008
2008 OYSTER RESTRICTIONS
FF-68-2008
RED DRUM-COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATONS
FF-67-2008
COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL SHARK HARVEST - ALL STATE WATERS
SF-5-2008
2008 OYSTER RESTRICTIONS
M-18-2008
GILL NETS - BOGUE BANKS
M-17-2008
FEMALE BLUE CRABS – ALL COASTAL WATERS
--------------------------------------------- 2008 - September ---------------------------------------------
FF-66-2008
SNAPPER-GROUPER COMPLEX-COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL PURPOSES
FF-65-2008
STRIPED BASS PERMITS
FF-64-2008
SNAPPER-GROUPER
FF-63-2008
SNAPPER-GROUPER
M-16-2008
COMMERCIAL GILL NETS - PAMLICO SOUND GILL NET RESTRICTED AREA (PSGNRA)
FF-62-2008
STRIPED BASS SEASON – COMMERCIAL FISHING OPERATIONS –
ALBEMARLE SOUND MANAGEMENT AREA
SH-8-2008
2008 SHRIMPING AND CRAB TRAWLING
M-15-2008 (Revised)
COMMERCIAL GILL NETS - PAMLICO SOUND GILL NET RESTRICTED AREA (PSGNRA)
M-15-2008
COMMERCIAL GILL NETS - PAMLICO SOUND GILL NET RESTRICTED AREA (PSGNRA)
M-14-2008
MULLET - STOP NETS - ATLANTIC OCEAN – CARTERET COUNTY
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